Tentaculita
| Tentaculita Temporal range: 485–165 Ma Early Ordovician to Middle Jurassic (Vinn 2010) | |
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| Tentaculitids from the Devonian of Maryland. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca (?) |
| Class: | †Tentaculita Boucek 1964 |
Tentaculita is an extinct class of uncertain placement ranging from the Early Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic. They were suspension feeders with a near worldwide distribution. For a more thorough discussion, see Tentaculites
References
- Farsan, N. M. (1994). Tentaculiten: Ontogenese, Systematik, Phylogenese, Biostratonomie und Morphologie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 547: 1-128.
- Vinn, O. (2010). "Adaptive strategies in the evolution of encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms". Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 292: 211–221. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.046. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- Vinn, O.; Zatoń, M. (2012). "Phenetic phylogenetics of tentaculitoids — extinct problematic calcareous tube-forming organisms". GFF 134: 145–156. doi:10.1080/11035897.2012.669788. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
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